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Course of Study 
and Rules for 
School District 

Number Seventy-Six 
COOK COUNTY 



EVAN STON, ILLINOIS 
19 22 



THE COURSE OF STUDY 
AND RULES 

for 

School District Seventy-Six 

Cook County 



Published by tne 

BOARD OF EDUCATION 

January, IC)22 




EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 



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MAR 161922 



BOARD OF EDUCATION 
for District Seventy-Six 

JAMES R. SMART. President 

MRS. FAERIE D. WILCOXON Term expires 1922 

GEORGE S. BALLARD Term expires 1922 

DAVID G. ROBERTSON Term expires 1923 

WILLIAM S. CARSON Term expires 1923 

MRS. MARGARET H. KAUFMANN Term expires 1924 

WILLIAM H. SYMONDS Term expires 1924 

FRED W. NICHOLS, Secretary and Superintendent 
DAVID E. WALKER, Assistant Superintendent 



Committees 

Teachers and Suppl'ss 
Mrs. Kaufmann Mrs. Wilcoxon Mr. Robertson 

Buildings and Grounds 

Mr. Robertson Mr. Carson Mrs. Wilcoxon 

Finance 

Mr. Carson Mr. Ballard Mrs. Kaufmann 

Auditing 

Mr. Ballard Mr. Robertson Mr. Symonds 

Playgrounds and Activities 

Mrs. Wilcoxon Mr. Symonds Mr. Ballard 

Relations 

Mr. Symonds Mrs. Kaufmann Mr. Carson 






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Staff 

Office Manager MRS. EVA C. CORDES 

Bureau of Tests and Measurements MISS MIRA BARKER 

School Physician - - - - DR. MARY MARS 

School Dentist - - - - - DR. H. J. BRADY 

Nurse and Truant Agent - - MRS. WILLIAM ERICKSON 

Director of Music . - - - MISS ELIZABETH NASH 

Instructor in French - - - - MISS REBECCA SHEPHERD 

Instructor in Spanish - - - MISS BESS ROGERS 

Instructor in Practical Arts - MRS. ROSE KIBLER 

Instructor in Manual Arts - - MR. MICHAEL J. RYAN 

Instructor in Domestic Arts - MISS MAE CONLEY 

Instructor in Dancing - - - MISS JESSIE POCOCK 

Instructor in Dancing - - - MISS VIRGINIA LILIENFIELD 

Instructor in Dramatic Art - - MISS JULIA LOGAN 

Instructor in Orchestra Music - MR. ALBAN S. BARENDSEN 

Substitute Teacher - - - - MISS GLADYS GRISWOLD. 

Grade Teachers 

Central School i 

Grade 8 - - MISS ANNE DURR 

Grade 7 - - - MISS LAURETTA GALLAGHER 

Grade 7 ------- - MISS CORA CARNEY 

Grade 6 - MISS HELEN STOW 

Grade 6 - . - MISS CECELIA HAMEL 

Grade 5 - MISS IDA LASCELLES 

Grade 4 - - MISS IRENE GREY 

Grade 3 MISS CORNELIA BENEDICT 

Grade 3 - - MISS NELL STROM 

Grade 3 ------- - MISS SARAH MATHEWS 

Grade 2 - - MISS DORA BURKE 

Grade I - - MISS JENNIE FOSTER 

MISS LUELLA GARRITY, Ass't 

Kindergarten (Annex) - - - MISS ELIZABETH JEFFERS. Director 

MISS EVELYN FRISH. Ass't 

Lincoln School 

Grade 8 (Annex II.) - - - - MISS RUTH LONGMAN 

MISS ADELLA MOLONEY, Ass't 
Grade 7 (Annex II.) - - - - MISS EMELINE GOODROW 
Grade 7 (Annex I.) - - - - MRS. ISABELLE CLARK 

Grade 6 MISS ERMA ARNOLD 

Grade 6 MISS GERTRUDE BOSTATER 

Grade 5 - MISS NANCY TURNBULL 

Grade 5 - MISS DOROTHY STRICKLER 

Grade 4 - MISS MARGARET HANSEN 

Grade 4 ----- - - MISS MILDRED WILSON 

Grade 3 ----- - MRS. MARIE CHAMPION 

Grade 3 - - - - MISS LOUISE LOVE 

Grade 2 ... - MISS ADALINE RYAN 

Grade 2 - ..... MISS LETA M. JACKS 

Grade ]---..- MRS. MARY L. ADAMS 

MRS. BESSE TAUB, Ass't. 

Grade I - - MISS NELLIE SICKELS 

MISS WALDEAN SMITH, Ass't 

Kindergarten (Annex I.) - - MISS EDNA BRINKERI lOFF. Director 

MISS ALTA LARSON, Ass't 



Oakton School 

Grade 8 MISS ELIZABETH QUINN 

Grade 7-6 MISS ELSIE HUNT 

Grade 5 MISS MAE FELDEEN 

Grade 4 MISS AILEEN WOOD 

Grade 3 MISS CAVVAA RALSTON . 

Grade 2 MISS RUTH RYAN 

Grade 2 MISS AUGUSTA JOCHMAN 

Grade I MISS RUTH FOSTER 

MISS GERTRUDE SEERY. Ass't 

Kindergarten MISS IRENE DIMOCK. Director 

MISS VIRGINIA THOMPSON. Ass't 

Washington School 

Grade 8 (Annex) MISS AGATHA NEVIN 

Grade 7 MISS ALMA DA WELL 

Grade 6 MISS CAROLYN JUBY 

Grade 5 MISS MARY MOGAN 

Grade 4 MISS DUZZAA RALSTON 

Grade 3 MISS HELEN CARON 

Grade 3 MISS JANE AXLINE 

Grade 2 MISS EVA HEDMAN 

Grade I MISS EMMA WHITE 

MISS WINIFRED COUGHLIN. Ass't 
Kindergarten MISS ESTHER NIETHAMMER. Director 

MRS. BETTY LANGDON. Director 

Janitors 

Central and Annex - - - - AUGUSTUS BREITZMAN 

HERMAN WILLS 

Lincoln and Annexes - - - - WILLIAM SCHOMBERG 

GEORGE SCHUEMANN 

Oakton GUSTAF ANDERSON 

Washington MARTIN LUNDHOLM 

Washington Annex - - - . G. VAN INWEGEN 



Acknowledg ment is here made of many helpful suggestions given by 
our teachers in the preparation and revision of this booklet. 




Central School 




Central School Annex 
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Central School Building 

After tl e destruction of the old Central building by fire -n March, 1894, 
the Board of Education set about to p'an the most complete building possible 
for an eight-grade school. Three months were spent in visiting other cities 
and discussing plans. 

The heating and ventilating system vs^as decided upon first as the most 
important part. Then a floor plan v^as devised and an architect employed to 
carry out the details. 

The best materials were used plate glass, pressed brick, red oak finish 

and semi-fireproof construction. 

The building is on a corner lot, 200 feet by i 76 feet. It faces Main 
street, and the main entrance looks up Elmwood avenue. It is 120 feet by 
84 feet. The two corridors, which extend the entire length of the building, 
are each 2 7 feet wide. Here daily is held a complete series of physical ex- 
eicises with wands, dumb-bells and Indian clubs. There are an office, a 
teachers' jest room, and twelve school rooms, each seating forty pupils. 

That the building is complete is testified to by hundreds of visitors 
from about the country. The building has never been closed on account of 
the weather. The heating apparatus is controlled by a regulator in each 
room, which gives uniform temperature. Tests of ventilation show that the 
entire air of each room is changed once in five minutes. 

The cost of Central Building was $45,000. 

The Board has lately acquired the brick house, 8 1 8 Main street, to the 
tast of Central School which has been remodeled as an Annex for a kinder- 
garten, recitation room and also as a home for several teachers. 




Lincoln School 




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Lincoln School Annexes I and II 
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Lincoln School Building 

After the erection of the Central Building the people living east of the 
tailroads demanded adequate accommodation for their children in place of the 
frame structure at Judson avenue and Main street. In 1896 the old building 
iwas sold and a new building erected essentially like the Central Building. By 
:vote of the pupils it was named "Lincoln School Building.' 

The grounds extend along Main street from Judson avenue to F'orest 
avenue. 275 feet, and back 235 feet. The building is 1 24 feet by 86 feet. 
The cost of Lincoln Building was $47,000. 

The Board has lately acquired 150 feet on Forest Avenue to the north 
•of Lincoln School, adding to the grounds for future building extension and 
including two fine houses, 926 and 932 Forest Avenue which are beautifully 
fitted for a kindergarten and for seventh and eighth grades. These Annette* 
also are homes for a number of our tescherp, 




Oakton School 



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Oakton School Building 



The Oakton Building was completed in 1 9 1 4 at a cost of $95,000. 
It 18 fireproof, contains eight grade rooms, a kindergarten, a fresh-air room, 
assembly hall for 500 people, kitchenette, office and rest room, also shower 
baths. 

As in all other school buildings of the district, the air is moistened by 
steam jets and the temperature regulated by thermostats. All the buildings 
are also equipped Mrith vacuum cleaners, drinking fountains, and a high power 
floor polisher. 



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Washington School 




StoW'- House 
Washington School Annex 



Washington School Building 

The Washington Building was opened February, 1901. It is of the 
same materials as our other buildings, with some improvements, such as sand- 
finish walls, colored boards with walls tinted to harmonize, and a novel floor 
plan, adding convenience and artistic effect. There are eight school rooms, 
an office and rest room. 

A conriplete outfit of baths, showers and lockers for athletics is for the 
free use of the neighboi hood. 

The cost of Washington Building was $3 5,000. 

Washington Playground is the remainder of the block adjoining Wash- 
ington School and includes Stow-HoUse, which is free with its club rooms and 
baths for the neighborhood. It is a gift to the Board of Education from Mr. 
W. S. Mason. 

Stow-House now contains the 8th grade of Washington School, and the 
usual neighborhood activities are continued there. 



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Property of District No. 76 

Central Building and furniture $ 50,000 

Central School grounds -- - 20,000 

Central Annex - - - - 10,000 

Lincoln Building and furniture 50,000 

Lincoln School grounds - - - - 50.000 

Linco'.n Annexes ------ 50,000 

Washington Building and furniture 50,000 

Washington School grounds and playgrounds 40,000 

Washington Annex (Stow-House) - - 5,000 

A lot 67 feet on Ridge, near Madison 4,000 

Oakton building and furniture - 100,000 

Oakton School grounds .-- -- 20,000 



$449,000 
Total bonded debt of the district - - - $87,500 

The census completed July I, 1921, shows a population of 13,800 
inhabitants in District No. 76. 



Wider Use of the School Buildings 

Nearly every teacher volunteers at least one period a week, after school 
hours, to superintend a dancing class or game, teach evening school, or orga- 
nize some club. 

The many Parent-Teacher Asscciaticns, Mothers' Cubs, Neighborhood 
Clubs, and teams are extei.ding the usefulness of the buildings. The Ameri- 
canization work at Washington School cannot be overestimated. 

A. weekly bulletin, published by pupils of upper grades, informs the 
people of all these activities. 



Visitors 

The day is rare when there are not many visitors about the buildings. 
They are welcomed as an inspiration, holding pupils and teachers up to their 
best work. In every room there are extra chairs for visitors and a table for 
the exhibition of the latest class work. 



Standard Tests and Measurements 

Scientific educators liave been at work during the past decade devising 
standards to which children of certain ages should measure up. These 

standards are of value to parents. 

So far as satisfactory standards of achievement in studies have been 
prepared they will be indicated after each grade so that teachers and parents 
may know what to expect, and so that pupils may be excused from certain 
w^ork in which they have reached the standard. 



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Manual Training and Domestic Science 

In January, 1906, Manual Training and Domestic Science were arlded 
to the course of studies. They were introduced after the urgent demands of 
the patrons could no longer be resisted. 

Thoughtful people feel the demand for more practical training of chil- 
dren, and recognize in these branches better training in accuracy than in the 
purely literary studies. A spoiled piece of wood\vork or a burned piece of 
cookery appeals at once to the pupil, while a carelessly prepared grammar 
lesson produces its results in after life. 

Pupils of the three higher grades receive one lesson a week. The 
educational value of these subjects is so general that the boys are urged to 
take part of the course in Domestic Science, and the girls a term or more of 
Manual Training. 



Physical Culture and Athletics 

The Board of Education believes in the highest forms of physical edu- 
cation and provides for formal gj'mnastics and aesthetic movements for every 
child every day and in after-school classes instruction is given in folk dancing 
and social dancing. 

Physical Directors organize teams in all the upper grades for basket- 
ball, volley-ball, etc. Each building has a gym or attic play room. 



Music and the Arts 

Through the Music Department, N. W. U., annual tests are given by 
which pupils of special musical ability are discovered and advised as to courses. 
An orchestra of forty pieces has been in training this year v^ith considerable 
success. 

Drawing has always been a marked feature of our wrork, about evenly 
divided among the different mediums, plastic, pen, pencil, crayon and water 
color. 

This year Dramatic Art has been added, some results already showing 
in the small exhibitions which have been given. 



Works of Art 

Aside from mural decorations, casts and art objects, the schools now 
own more than five thousand dollars worth of original paintings by artists of 
Chicago and vicinity. These have been purchased by the proceeds of enter- 
tainments from time to time. A few were gifts. 

These paintings are valuable for practical art lessons and should be 
more used for that purpose. 

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Kindergarten 

By authority given at the election of April 1901, a kindergarten was 
added to our course of instruction. The work was opened first in the Wash- 
ington Building in 1901, and in the Lincoln Building in September, 1902, 
and in Central and Oakton Schools in 1914. 

In general, children will be admitted to kindergartens at any time after 
becoming four and a half years of age. They will be so divided that the 
older and more mature will attend forenoon^; from 9 until 11:55 A. M. The 
younger ones will attend from 1:30 until 3:25 P. M. 

The rules of regular attendance and punctuality apply to kindergarten 
children the same as to older pupils. 

It must not be understood that this department is to teach any of the 
branches of the grades, such as reading, writing and arithmetic. Yet the work 
is preparatory and the greatest improvements in the grades have been de- 
rived from adopting kindergarten methods. 

The kindergarten aims to improve the physical, intellectual and spirit- 
ual elements of child nature. It uses the games, songs and stories interesting 
to children as a means of developing their self-activity. 

The games develop the child's bodily activity and are symbolic of the 
life about him. Through songs, stories and the nature world the kindergarten 
develops the child's emotional nature. The ideals of conduct thus aroused 
are given an outlet in unselfishness and courtesy which he must bear toward 
other children, and the exact obedience and courtesy which he must show 
toward his teachers. The spiritual development is an unconscious one, which 
he gains through the influence of good pictures, good music, stories of 
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, as they are developed from their spiritual 
standpoint, and through talks upon those idealised heroes of the child v^rorld — 
the knights of olden time. 

The child of kindergarten training has better control of his muscles 
and senses than other children, is more enthusiastic in doing for others, more 
keenly awake to the life around him, and hence is better prepared for the 
work which must follow. 

The kindergarten prepares the child for the reading instruction which is 
to follov^ in the following v^ays: 

1 . The child receives relatively w^ide experiences concerning those things 
to which reading selections will relate. 

2. Facility in the use of ideas is obtained. 

3. Command of the simpler forms of oral expression is an objective. 

4. A ginuine desire to read is developed. 

Experiences are also had which aid in the number work to come later. 
Through pla3nng store and other games, the child learns that butter is sold by 
the pound, milk by the quart, dry goods by the yard, etc. 



The Grades 

The kindergarten is really the first grade in our system, but conven- 
tional numbering and our Sate Laws require children to be fully six years 
o'd on enterir g the so-called 1st grade. Promotions are made from kinder- 
garten in September and in March for convenience. Grade promotions are 
made th-ee times a vear, in September, December and March, which provide 
for small classes and easj? transfer from one class to another. 

In the following course each page represents work for a term, I 3 
weeks. 

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Pupils of grade one are expected to be in their seats by 9 A. M. and 
I :30 P. M. They will be so divided that one group will be dismissed at 1 I 
A. M. and the other at 1 I :30 A. M. In the afternoon one class will go at 
3 and the other at 3:30. The work will be so arranged that the wishes of 
parents may be followed in shortening these hours in individual cases, although 
regular attendance and punctuality will be insisted upon. 

Grade I. Division C. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (60)* 

Observation of objects. Stories and fables reproduced. 
Uses of a, an, this, that, these, those. Plurals. 
Stories of the neighborhood. Picture talks. 

WRITTEN LANGUAGE (15) 

Mcvemeiit exercises, erect position, front desk and feet on floor. 

Pupil's name. Pronoun "I."' New^ words. 

Easy sentences. Capitals and periods. 

Use of right hand if possible. Watch for mirror writing at first. 

Semi-vtrtical penmanship w^ith pen. 

READING (150) 

Nature and literature and pupils' activities suggest sentences which 

pupils read from blackboard script. 

Phonics used to secure distinct utterance and as a help in acquiring 

new w^ords. Much care to preserve natural voice. 

Word building to acquire groups of sinilar v^rords. 

Games and projects in teaching action words. 

Primers used as needed to pass from script to print. 

No sentences are used which do not express thought to the pupils. 

GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (Used in first grade as material for lan- 
guage vifork) 

Pebbles, sand, rock, clay, slate. Evaporation, clouds, dew^, rain. 
Sunrise, sunset. Vegetation according to season. 
Fables and myths. 

Special days such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Washington and Lin- 
coln birthdays. Indians, Esquimaux, etc. 
Sand box and clay used. 

MATHEMATICS 

Incidei tal counting, rhythmic exercises in 2's, 3's, 4's. 

PHYSICAL (100) 

Outdoor games or marching. Rhythmic exercises. 
Hygiene talks, tooth brush drills, fresh air. 

MUSIC (30) 

Breathing and vocal exercises. 

Ear drill exercises in rhythm independent of notes. 

Special work with monotones and non-musical children. 

Songs relating to nature and seasons. Thanksgiving and Christmas 

w^ork. 

DRAWING (30) 

Objects in nature used in reading lessons. 

Objects and measures used in number w^ork. Dividing into halves. 

Illustrating name words and sentences. 

Stories illustrated by imaginative draw^ings done with pen or brush. 

Clay modeling. Weaving. Sewing 

Primary collar-?, paper cutting, fo'ding and tearing. 

Reprerent objects by light and shade, not by outliine. 
* Number after subject indicates minimum time per week to be devoted to 

that subject. 

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Grade I. Division B. " 

ORAL LANGUAGE (60) 

Stories suggested by animals, plants, pictures. 

Fables and myths reproduced. Dramatizing. 

Uses of personal pronouns in all their forms. 

Uses of is, are, was, were, have, has, had, seen. 

Questions asked and answered by pupils. (Teacher should avoid the 

habit of questioning.) 

Object held by pupil and described by him. 

Tvy to secure concise and simple sentences ending with the proper 

inflection. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (15) 

Sentences. Question mark. 

Homonyms (to, too, two, etc.) 

Word building and phonics. 

Semi-vertical penmanship. Movement exercises. 

READING (150) - 

Smedly-Olsen Primer 1. 

Outdoor Primer. 

Cyr's Primer. 

Folk Lore Primer. 

Sunbonnct Babies Primer. • . ' 

Elson-Runkel Primer. 

Art and Life Primer. 

Free and Treadwell Primer. 

Finger Play Reader, Part I. 

Pantomime Primer. 

Flash cards and sentence strips. 

Much use of objects and dramatic action. 

Pupils are not expected to attempt a lesson from the book until each 

new word has been developed and a lively interest aroused. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS 

Wind, frost, ice, snow. Shape of earth. Storms and clouds. 

Seasons, climate, animals, plants. Myths and nature stories. 

Collections of pictures, scrapbook work. 
MATHEMATICS (Begin after the middle of the term) (75) 

Writing and reading number words to five. 

Value of common things, cent, five cents, stamps, toy money. 

Measuring, inch, foot, pint, quart, gallon. 

Number in nature. Games and dramatics, using numbers. 

Sums to five. Differences under five. 

Products to two times two and one-half. Quotients to five divided by 

tw^o. 

Partition to one-half of five. 

Indefinite relations, such as larger, smaller, heavier, higher, etc. 

All work in numbers is done with objects in hand, such as sticks, 

strips, squares, right triangles, circles, cubes, prisms. 

No drills or memory tests. 
PHYSICAL (continued) 
MUSIC (continued) 
DRAWING (continued) 

Studies of Famous Pictures (used in first grade as material for lan- 
guage vfork.^ 

"Age of Innocence," Reynolds. 

"Baby Stuart." Van Dyck. 

"Can't You Talk," Holmes. 

"Madonna and Child," Bellini. 

"Distinguished Member of the Humane Society," Landseer. 

"The First Step," Millet. 

"Saved," Landseer. 

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Grade I. Division A. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (60) 

Stories in two paragraphs. Fables, myths, legends. 
Pupil generally recites from the front of the room. 

Teacher should avoid questioning, and above all avoid repeating chil- 
dren's answers. Avoid calling attention to incorrect form. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (15) 

Margins and indenting, two paragraphs. Pupil's address. 

Comma in series of like words. Abbreviations, Mr., Mrs., Dr., St., Av. 

Investigation lessons, object on desk. 

Written work in primary grades should be done only while the teacher 

can pass from desk to desk and secure the pupil's best effort. 

PENMANSHIP (30) 

Position Sit erect, feet f^at on floor, face desk squarely. Paper directly 

in front, tilted to an angle of about 30 degrees. 

Freedom of movement is a goal from first grade up. 

Rhythm should be worked for through music, rhymes, counting, etc. 

SPELLING (50) 

Lists of words in column, each with capital and followed by period. 

All words in Cyr's Primer. Numbers to ten. 

First grade words in Horn-Ashbaugh Speller. 
READING (150) 

Smedley-Olsen Primer II 

Cyr s First Reader. 

Folk-Lore Reader I. 

Progressive Road to Reading. * 

Circus Reader. 

Stepping Stones to Literature, 1. 

Lights to Literature. 

Holbrook Reader, Primary. 

Art-Literature Primer. 

Easy Road to Reading. 

Mother Goose Primer. 

Brownie Primer. 

Word cards and sentence strips. Word building and phonics. 

Katural tone comes from interest in thought. 

Loudness is obtained by locating the pupil at a distance. 

Methods and tests to improve comprehension. 

Be sure pupil secures the thought. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS 

Seeds, germination, plants. 

Compass, directions. Streets and blocks of neighborhood. 

Moon, phases. 

Legends and poetry of nature. 
MATHEMATICS (75) 

Writing number w^ords to ten. Roman numerals on clock face. 

Value of common things, cents, dime. 

Measuring, foot, yard, sq. in., sq. foot, cu. in., gal., peck, bu. 

Pacing and rhythmic action. 

Geometry of squares and triangles. 

Sums to ten, and halves. Differences under ten, including halves. 

Products to three times three. Quotients to ten divided by five. 

Partition to halves, two thirds and tw^o fifths. 

Cutting and constructing areas. 

Facts of numbers discovered from objects. 

No symbols or abbreviations used as yet. 

No attempt made to memorize the facts discovered. 
PHYSICAL (continued) 
MUSIC (continued) 
DRAWING (continued) 

Standard, In writing, rate, 20 letters per minute. 

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Pupils in grades two, three and four aie expected to attend from 9 
A. M. until 12 M. and from 1:30 to 3:30 P. M. but the pupil's health and 
the parents' wishes will be considered in varying these hours. 

Grade II. Division C. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (80) 

Dramatizing, original rhymes and verse. 

Personal pronouns in all forms. Comparatives and superlatives. 

Irregular verb forms, present, past, complete. 

Memorizing beautiful selections. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (20) 

Margins and paragraphs. 

Compositions in two paragraphs. 

Forms of nouns, plurals and possessives. 

Period after Roman numerals, abbreviations. 

Question mark and comma. 

Long and short vowels and Italian a marked. Accents marked. 

Investigation lessons. 
PENMANSHIP (40) 

SPELLING (50) 

Numbers to 1 2. Such words as to, too, two, does, whose, there. 

Words of Cyr's First Reader. 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade 11, columns R- 1 to 4. 
READING (150) 

Beacon First Reader. 

Work a-day Doings on Farm. 

Art-Literature Reader 1. 

Pennies and Plans. 

Old Time Stories. 

S! ort Stories for Little Folks. 

Art Reader 1. 

Overall Boys. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (Material used in Language work) 

Sand, clay, slate, shell, limestone. Hardness, roughness. 

Evaporation, steam, dew, rain. Migration, hibernation. 
MATHFMATICS (100) 

Development of numbers to 12. 

Arabic numbers to 12. Roman numbers to XII. 

Signs, +. — , X, -^, =, of, ?. 

Values of familiar articles. 

Measuring, inches, feet, yards, gallons, pecks, bushels, dozens. 

Pacing and jumping. 

Sums to twelve. Differences of whole numbers and fractions to 3rds. 

Products to 3 X 3. Quotients by 2 and 3. Partition to 1-3 of 12. 

Cutting areas, construction of square and triangle. 
PHYSICAL (100) 

Calisthenics, wands, stepping off with left foot, rhythmic movements. 

Lessons in hygiene, care of teeth, exercise, fre.«h air. 
MUSIC (40) 

Breathing and vocal exercises. Continue staff work. 

Scale with letters. Time. 

Reading from notation. Book 1. Key C. 

Natuje songs. Patriotic songs. 
DRAWING (40) 

Measures and geometrical solids used in arithmetic. 

Dividirg into fractional parts. 

Illustrating paragraphs with pen or brush. 

Clay modeling. Weaving. 

Color, primary and secondary. Cutting. Tearing paper. 

Reoresent objects by light and shade. 

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Grade II. Division B. 

ORAL LAKGUAGE (80) 

C continued. 

The stories used in all grades should be only such as have been quoted 

by great authors until they have become standard literature. 

WRITTEN LANGUAGE (20) 
C continued. 

Abbreviations, ct., doz., oz., lb., bu., gal., pt., qt., hr., pk., rd., ft., in. 
An investigation lesson is a composition in which the pupil has some 
object before him. He writes a paragraph about each part of it and 
illustrates each paragraph with pen or brush drawings. 

PENMANSHIP (40) 

SPELLING (50) 

From Cyr's Second Reader. Troublesome words. 
Numerals to 1 6. Words used in w^ritten vk^ork. 
Horn-AsKbaugh Speller, Grade II, Columns 5 to 12. 

READING (150) 

Ned and Nan in Holland. 

Stepping Stones to Literature II. 

In Mythland I. 

Robinson Crusoe Reader. 

Rago and Goni. 

Cyr's Second Reader. 

Aldine Reader II. 

Red Feather. 

Young and Field 11. 

The teacher should generally conduct a lesson without a book in hand, 

but care must be taken to secure accuracy as well as thought. 

GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (Material for Language work) 

Thermometer, free?ing, thaw^ing. 

Water, fog, snow, ice. Colors thrown by prism. 

Seasons, animals, fruits. 

Picture scrap-book of plants and animals. 

MATHEMATICS (100) 

Development of numbers to 1 6. 

Arabic numerals to I 6. Roman numerals to XVI. 

Values. Measuring, rd. Time, hours, the dial. 

Sums, columns to I 6 and mixed numbers. Differences, including 4ths. 

Products to 4 times mixed numbers. Quotients by 4. 

Partition to '/4 of 16. Cutting areas. 

Special care to write perfect figures and exact columns. 

Daily drills begun on the facts already discovered. 

PHYSICAL (continued) 

MUSIC (continued) 

DRAWING (continued) 

Studies of Famous Pictures. 

"Children cf the Shell," Murillo. 

"Angel Heads," Reynolds. 

"Deer In the Forest at Twilight," Bonheur. 

"The Drinking Trough," Dupre. 

"Feeding her Birds," Millet. 

"Spring," Mauve. 

"Pilgrims Going to Church," Boughton. 

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Grade II. Division A. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (80) 
C continued. 

WRITTEN LANGUAGE (20) 
C continued. 

Abbreviations, min., Dr., Rev., Gen., Prof., Supt. 
Written work should be done only while the teacher can oversee it. 

PENMANSHIP (40) 

Position-See Grade I. See that this is maintained for all written work, 

including written number work. 

Freedom of movement and rhythm should be emphasized. 

Heading of papers; name, school, date, grade. 

Observe margins, left and right. 

Digits correctly formed. 

Exercises in letter formation: refer to our blotters for forms. 

Make every written lesson a lesson in penmanship. 

SPELLING (50) 

All words in Cyr's Second Reader. Ayres' list. Foulke's List No. II. 
Troublesome words - does, whose, which, such, sugar. 
Words used in written w^ork. Numbers to twenty. 
Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade II, Columns 13 to 20. 

READING (100) 

Lodrix, the L'^t'e Lake Dweller. 

Edson Laing, Book II. 

Cyr Graded Art Reader, I. . 

Art-Literature, II. 

Free and Treadwell Second. 

Sunbonnet Babies in Holland. 

GEOGRAPHY- HISTORY TOPICS (Material for Language work) 

Compass, directions, time. Map of neighborhood. 

Distance, horizon. 

Earth, moon, motions. Globe used. 

Butterfly, moth. 

Colors thrown by prism. 

Use books such as, "Children of the Cliflf," "Lodrix, the Little Lake 

Dweller," "The Early Cave Man.'' 

MATHEMATICS (100) 

Development of numbers to 20. 

Notation to 20. Roman numbers to XX. Score. 

Bills of groceries. Values. 

Measuring and weighing. Time, days, weeks, months. 

.Sums to 20 in column. Differences of fractions and mixed numbers, 

including 5ths. 

Products to 5 times mixed numbers. Quotients to five. 

Partition to 1-5 of 20. 

Cutting and constructing areas and prisms. 

Daily drills on the facts already discovered. 

PHYSICAL (continued) 

MUSIC (continued) 

DRAWING (continued') 

Standards. In wr'ting, rate, 30 letters per minute. Quality, 1 I on 
Freeman Scale, 3 5 on Ayers Scale. 

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Grade III. Division C. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (80) 

Uses of all forms of irregular verbs, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs. 
Adjectives after look, seem, appear, etc. 
Pupil tells in two or more paragraphs a fable or myth. 
Talks with object in hand. Original rhymes and verses. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (20) 

Margins and paragraphs. Letter headings, dates, etc. 

Arabic and Roman numbers. Possessives and plurals. 

Period, comma, question and quotation marks. 

Capitals, I, O, days, months. 

Irregular verb forms. Possessives and plurals. 

Nouns identified in sentence. 

Investigation lessons with illustrated paragraphs. 

PENMANSHIP (50) 
SPELLI^ G (50) 

Pronouns. Comparatives and superlatives. Numbers to thirty-three. 

Work on individual spelling difficulties. 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade 111, Columns R 1 to 8. 

READING (100) 

In Mythland, II. 

Ov(;rall Boys in Switzerland. 

Classic Stories. 

Dramatic Reader, II. 

Big People and Little People. 

Graded Art Reader. 

Jack O'Health and Peg O'Joy. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (50) 

Kingdoms, animal, vegetable, mineral. 

Cardinal points, directions to places. 

Map of room, Hoor plan of building. 

Map of grounds, directions on maps. 

Fables and myths of the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms. 

Clay, sand, rocks, sandstone, limestone, coral. 
MATHEMATICS (100) 

Development of numbers to 33. Notation to 100, 1 to XXXIII. 

Weighing and measuring. Pacing. Values. 

Directions, angles, level, vertical lines. 

Adding two columns and carrying. Subtraction and borrowing. 

Multiplying by 9. Short division (33~^2 ■= l6'/2). Partition to 11-12. 

Cutting and constructing. 

Daily drills on facts already discovered. 
PHYSICAL (100) 

Calisthenics, rhythmic movement, v^^and and dumb-bell drills. 

Lessons in Hygiene, care of teeth. 

MUSIC (40) 

Practice with modulator. Continue staff wo^-k. 

Writing scales in several keys on mu-jic staff from dictation. 

Music reader No. 1, giving exercises in different ke^'s. 

More difficult songs by note related to seasons and literature. 
DRAWING (40) 

Objects used in other lessons. Posing. 

Weaving. Clay modeling and sand molding. 

Scale in mapping. Co'or, cutting, desisrns. 

Represent obiects by light and shade. Studies of Famous Pictures. 
DRILL PERIOD (50) 

Timed drills on acts which shou'd become auiiomatic such as number 

combinations, music scales, standard measures, lists of important dates, 

idiomatic English expressions, pronunciation lists, wrord fwrms. 

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Grade III. Division B. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (80) j 

C continued. 

WRITTEN LANGUAGE (20) 

C continued. 

Investigation lessons should be original, without consulting books, and 

the drawings should be from objects only. 

PENMANSHIP (50) 

SPELLING (50) 

C continued. 

Third reader words. Words frequently misspelled. 

Numerals. Individual difficulties. 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade III, Columns 9 to 20. 

READING (100) 

Pilgrim Stories. 

Stories of Great Americans. 

Nature Myths. 

Fables and Folk Stories. 

Book of Legends. 

Ab, the Cave Man. 

Japanese Fairy Tales. 

The Cave Boy. 

Literary Reader 111. 

GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (50) 

Temperature. 

Maps of school district, township, Evanston. 

Evanston's industries, productions, exports, imports, population, govern- 
ment, etc. Notice the Evanston Historical Society. 
Myths of air, water, etc. Readers such as "The Cave Boy." 
A picture scrap-book. Use old books and magazines. 
Frost, dew, snow, glaciers, icebergs. Use of prism for colors. 

MATHEMATICS (100) 

Development of multiple numbers to 64. 

Notation to 1,000, LXIV. 

Values. Average of several numbers. 

Measures, dry, liquid, mile, area, cloth measure, weight, board measure. 

Time as on time tables. 

Constructing floor plans. Angles, perpendicular lines. 

Rapid adding of short columns. Subtraction. 

Multiplying by two figures. Short division by one figure. 

Partition and factoring. 

Attention to perfect figures, and perfect columns. 

Daily drills on facts already discovered. ,^ 

Algebraic reo^'esentation of lines and surfaces. Square with' side a. 

Rectangle with sides a and b. 

PHYSICAL (continued) 

MUSIC (continued) 

DRAWING (continued) 

Studies of Famous Pictures. 

"The Horse Fair," Bonheur. 
"The Knitting Lesson," Millet. 
"Return to the Farm," Troyon. 
"A Helping Hand," Renouf. 

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Grade III. Division A. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (80) 

C continued. 

Pupils should not be allowed to use incorrect language in any recitation. 

Especial attention paid to the language of the arithmetic lesson. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (20) 

C and B continued. 

Pupils should not be required to rewrite a paper because it is poor, 

nor allowed to do so. Careless papers are not to be accepted. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 

Freedom of movement and rhythm should be emphasized. 

Numbers in any order and in columns for work in addition, etc. 

Neat arrangement of material on page; margins, indentations, etc. 

Heading of papers; name, school, date, grade. 

Lxercises in letter formation; refer to school blotters for letter forms. 

Begin diagnosis of work along these lines: I. Letter formation. 2. 

Spacing. 3. Uniformity of slant. 4. Uniformity of alignment. 5. Qual- 
ity of line. 
SPELLING (30) 

C and B continued. All words used in other lessons. 

Foulke's Word List No. 3. Ayres' List. 

Jones' "One Hundred Demons." 

Horn-Ashbaugb Speller. Grade III, Columns 2 I to S-4. 
READING (100) (Oral and silent) 

Legends of the Red Children. 

Just Stories. 

Bud and Bamboo. 

Children's Hour. 

Fifty Famous Stories. 

Story of Little Conrad. 

Hindu Tales. 

Devise methods to encourage home reading. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (50) 

Study of the globe, shape, points, lines, motions, zones, climate. 

Map of Cook County. 

Government of County, productions, exports and imports. 

Myths and stories of Cook County. 
MATHEMATICS (100) 

Development of multiple numbers to 1 00. 

Notation to 9,000. C. Values. 

Problems involving two operations. 

Measures, barrel, load, areas, volumes, weight to tons. 

Bills and cash accounts. Making definitions. 

Horizontal and parallel lines. Angles in degrees. 

Rapid adding. Subtraction. Multiplying. Dividing. 

Decimal in tenths and hundredths. Changing to higher and lower 

denominations. 

Daily drills, oral and written. 

Algebraic representation of surfaces with sides a and b. 
PHYSICAL (continued) 
MUSIC (continued) 
DRAWING (continued) 
Standards. In writing, rate, 40 letters per minute. Quality, 14 on Freeman 

Scalf", 4 5 on Ayers Scale. 

In Mathematics 

See page 41 for explanation of tests. 



Addition. 




Test 1. 82 


sec. 


Test 2. 6 


min, 


MultioHcation. 




Test 1. 142 


sec. 


Test 2. 9 


min, 



Subtraction. 
Test I. 
Test 2. 


1 13 
3 


sec. 
min. 


Division. 

Test 1. 
Test 2. 


129 
3 


sec. 
min. 



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Grade IV. Division C. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (bu) 

Nouns and verbs by name. 

Lessons in use of dictionary. 

Irregular verbs in five forms. Pronouns in all forms. 

Fables and myths told before the class in choice language. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (20) 

Uses of period, comma, quotation marks. 

Capitals, margins and paragraphs. Theory of the paragraph explained. 

Letters and Bills. Forms of verse. 

Possessives, singular and plural. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 
SPELLING (60) 

All number words. Foulke's Word List No. 4. 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade IV, Columns R — i to 9. 

Ayres' List. 

Jones' "One Hundred Demons." 

Work with individual spelling difficulties. 
READING (!00) 

Dramatic Reader, 111. 

Around the World with the Child. 

Brownies and Goblins. 

Reading lessons to be prepared with dictionary in hand. 

Asgard Stories. 

East of the Sun, etc. 

The Four Wonders, Silk, etc. 

Old Stories of the East. 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 

Alice's Further Adventures in Wonderland. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (60) 

Geography of Chicago and Cook County. 

Biographies of discoverers and explorers of America, 

Norse and English mythology. 

Sketch maps. 

A picture scrap-book. 

Indian relics. Thermometer. Prismatic colors. 
MATHEMATICS (100) 

Values of common articles. 

Measures, mile, chain, link, meter, square and cubic measures, board 

measures, dry and liquid measures, time 

Bills and accounts. Areas in mixed numbers. 

Fundamental operations involving mixed numbers and decimals. 

Multiplying one mixed number by another mixed number. 

Multiplication by two figures. Long division to 2 5. Proofs. 

Even and odd numbers. Divisibility by 2, 5, 10, 100. 

Reasoning problems. 

Algebraic representation of lines and surfaces. Area = a" or ab. 
PHYSICAL (50) 

Calisthenics, wand and dumb-bell drills. Lessons in hygiene, 
MUSIC (40) : 

Practice in chromatic tones. 

Music Reader No. II, introducing sharp 4. 

Writing of scales in several keys and from dictation^ 

Introduce flat keys in writing and reading. 

Songs of nature and literature. 
drawing' (40) 

Illustrating composition with pen or brush. 

Lieht and shade without outline. Posing. 

Relief maps and sand molding. Home Drofects brought and des'Cribedl 

Color. Cutting designs. Whittling. Silhouettes. 

Home projects brought and described. ^ 

Studies of famous pictures. 
DRILL PERIOD (50) 

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^ Grade IV. Division B. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (80) 
Pronouns by name. 
Subject and predicate. 

Meanings of common prefixes and suffixes. 
C continued. 
WRITTEN LAKGUAGE (20) 
C continued. 
Divided quotations. 

Investigate a flower or other object for weekly illustrated composition. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 
SPELLING (60) 

C continued. 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade IV, Columns 10 to 23. 
READING (100) 

Story of Little Conrad. 
Famous Artists. 
Story of Cotton. 
Stories of Illinois. 
Discoverers and Explorers. 
Folk-Lore from Foreign Lands, 
Old Indian Legends. 
A'dine Reader IV. 

Around the World in Myth and Song. 
Classic Myths. 
Tales from Far and Near. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (60) 

General Geography of Illinois and United States. 
Mound Builders, Aztecs, Indians. 
Biographies and stories, 1500-1776. 

Sketch and relief maps. Relics, wampum, arrowheads, etc. 
Lessons in Geography and History should be so assigned as to require 
an extensive use of reference books. 
MATHEMATICS (100) 
C continued. 
Loads of dirt. 

Weight of bushel of oats, wheat, corn; barrel of salt and flour. 
Measuring with square and cubic meter, decimeter and centimeter. 
Board measuring. Wall papering by even strips. 
Areas of parallelograms. 

Rapid adding of columns with stop watch. 

Add and subtract fractions of common denominator, mixed numbers 
■ and decimals. Rapid long division. Attention to perfect figures and 

' exact columns of figures. 

Daily drills on weights, measures, etc. 
Reasoning problems. 

Algebraic representation of areas, triangular and circular. 

ab 

Triangle, base a, altitude b, area = . 

2 
Circle, radius a, circ. = 3. 1 4X2a. Area, 6.28aX2a = 3. 1 4a'. 
Facts discovered by cutting paper. 
PHYSICAL (continued) 
MUSIC (continued) 
DRAWING (continued) 

Studies of Famous Pictures. 
"The Lake," Corot. 
"The Hav Wain," Constable. 
"Holv Night," Correggio. 
"Mother and Daughter," Le Brun. 
"The Escaped Cow," Dupre. 
"Song of the Lark," Breton. 

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Grade IV. Division A. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (80) 

C and B continuerL 

Defining of familiar subjects. 

A definition includes two parts a name for the subject and a limita- 
tion which excludes all other subjects. 

Memorizing and reciting beautiful literature. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (20) 

C and B continued. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 

Proper position in all written work. 

Freedom of movement and rh> thm should be emphasized. 

Proper correlation between quality and rate. 

Arithmetic papers figures well made and properly placed. 

Analysis of writing difficulties by pupil by means of a diagnostic scale. 
SPELLING (60) 

Arithmetical and geographical terms. Words misspelled in written work, 
Foulke's Word List No. 4. 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade IV, Columns 23 to S-4. 
READING (100) 

Viking Tales. 
Story of Lincoln. 
Story of Our Country. 
Child Stories from the Masters. 
Old Greek Stories. 
Story of the Tliirteen Colonies. 
Art Music Reader I. 
Pinocchio. 

King of the Golden River. 

Devise methods to encourage home reading. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (70) 

General geography of North America, the Western Continent, the Earth, 
The Revolution. 

Biographies, stories, poetry of 17 76. 
Sketch and relief maps. 

Rivers, lakes, falls, canyons, deltas. Mountains, valleys, plains. 
MATHEMATICS (100) 

C and B continued. 

Bills and Checks. History of United States money. 
Measuring with cJiain, link, square and cubic meter and liter. 
Box making. Areas of triangular surfaces. 
Defining. Be sure to explain how to make a definition- 
Multiplying or dividing any decimal or mixed number. 
Reductions of denominate numbers. Reasoning problems. 
Algebraic representations of lines, surfaces and rectangular solids. 
Side a, surface of square = a". Sides are a and b, surface =: ab. Vol' 
ume ^= a', a'b or abc. 
PHYSICAL (continued) 
MUSIC (continued) 
DRAWING (continued) 

Standards. In writing, rate, 50 letters per minute. Quality, 16 on 
Freeman Scale, 50 on Ayres Scale. 
In Mathematics 

See page 41 for explanation of tests. 

Subtraction. 

Test 1. 87 sec. 

Test 2. 135 sec. 
Division. 

Test ?. 87 sec. 

Test 2. 3 min. 

Test 3. 12 min- 

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Addition. 






Test 1. 


66 


sec. 


Test 2. 


4 


min. 


Multiolication. 






Test 1. 


96 


sec. 


Test 2. 


8 


min. 


Test 3. 


4 


min. 



Pupils of grades 5 to 8 may enter their school rooms at 8:30 A. M. 
for supervised study. They will not be expected to do any home study. 
Parents may choose between the hours of 8:30 and 9 but in either case 
the pupil must be regular and punctual in attendance. 

Grade V. Division C. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (100) 

Adjectives and adverbs by name. 

Subject and predicate. 

Forms of nouns, pioncuns and verbs. 

Gender and number of nouns. 

Person and number of pronouns. Defining. 

Legends, historical anecdotes and biographies. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (20) 

Punctuation of noun in address and in apposition, quotations. 

Bills and receipts. Homonyms. Forms of verse studied and made. 

Special attention to correct forms of business and social letters. 

Investigation of object for composition. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 
SPELLir G (60) 

Rules for spelling words in er and y. 

Horn-A.shbaugh Speller, Grade V. Columns R 1 to 9. 

READING (110) 

Robin Hood. 

Boy and Girl Heroes. 

Black Beauty. 

Northland Heroes. 

Blue Bird for Children. 

Story of Silk. 

What 1 Saw in Japan. 

Fanciful Tales. 

King Arthur and His Knights. 

Children's Odyssey. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (7 5) 

North America relief, political, historical. 

Colonies, Puritans, Quakers. 

Indian mythology, biographies. French and Indian War. 

Sketch and relief maps. A picture scrap-book. 

Earth and sun, day and night. Globe used. 
MATHEMATICS (120) 

Cash accounts, bills. Per cents. 

Weights and measures, including ^he metric. 

Surface of prisms. 

Discover the lavi' — "Multiplying or dividing both dividend and divisor 

does not change the quotient. " Reasoning problems. 

Reducing fraction to given numerator or denominator. 

Algebra. 

Literal representation of sides and areas of rectangles and volumes 
of prisms to generalize the corresponding operations of arithmetic. 
Square prism a by a by b, surface = 2a'4"4ab, volume =^ a"b. 
PHYSICAL (50) 

Ca'isthenics, wands, dumb-bells oi Indian clubs. Lessons in Hygiene. 

MUSIC (50) 

Breathing and vocal lessons. 

P»-actice in sharp 4 and flat 7 in different keys. 

Third Reader, two part work. 

Songs eeographical, Scotland, England, Ireland. 
DRAWING (50) 

Objects in light and shade and color v^^ithout outline. Complementaries. 

Posipp. Maps, sketch and relief. Scale drawing. Pen and brush. 
DRILL PERIOD (50) 

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Grade V. Division B. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (100) 

C continued. 

Forms and uses of adjectives and adverbs. 

WRITTEN LANGUAGE (20) 

C continued. 

PENMANSHIP (50) 

SPELLING (60) 

Jones* "100 Spelling Demons." 

Lists of troublesome v^^ords, like separate, business, etc. 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade V, Columns 10 to 23. 

READING (110) 

South America. 

Swriss Family Robinson. ' 

Literature Reader V. 

Children of History Early Times. 

Jatakas Tales of India. 

King Arthur and His Court. 

History Stories of Other Lands. 

One poem to be studied as to thought and versification. 

GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (75) 

South America and American Continent studied as to relief, political 

divisions, peoples, products, governments. 

Biographies and stories of discovery. 

Sketch and relief maps. 

Moon, planets, principal stars. Systems, basins, rainfall. Globe used. 

Railroad and steamship lines. Maps used, 

MATHEMATICS (120) 

Per cents, discounts. 

All per cents are derived from 1 per cent of the base and not by any 

fractional or other short method. 

Measurements, including metric, long, liquid and Vk^eights. 
Reducing to improper fractions or mixed numbers. Division of frac- 
tions by reducing to common denominator. 

Fundamental operations with all fractions, decimals and mixed numbers 
Ratios. 

Algebraic generalizations. Principal of note, a; interest at b%, 2 yr«v 
amount note = a + 2ab. 

PHYSICAL (continued) 

MUSIC (continued) 

DRAWING (continued) 

Studies of Famous Pictures. 
"The Angelus," Millet. 
"The Gleaners," Millet. 
"Oxen Going to Work," Troyon. 

"Christ in the Temple with the Doctors," Hoffman. 
"Autumn,'' Mauve. 
"The Sower," Millet. 
"Spirit of -76," Willard. 

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Grade V. Division A. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (100) 

C and B continued. 

Analysis of simple sentences, naming subject word, modifiers, predicate 

word or words, modifiers. 

Tenses, how each is made. 

Memorizing beautiful literature after study for appreciation. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (20) 

C continued. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 

Position movement rhythm. See preceding grades. 

Analysis of writing difficulties by pupil. See grades 3 and 4. 

Arithmetic papers writing any number, placing in correct column, 

form, etc. 

Correct arrangement, spacing, paragraphing, margins, etc. 
SPELLING (60) 

Concentrate on words for daily written work. 

Foulke's List No. 5. 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade V, Columns 24 to S 2. 

READING (110) 

Travels of Birds. 
South America. 

Children of History Later Times. 

Life in Old Colonial Days. 
Pioneers on Land and Sea. 
Wonder Book. 
Early Sea People. 

Use methods to secure home reading. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (75) 

Atlantic Islands and Great Britain, as to peoples, products, governments. 
Biographies, Roman and English. 
Atlantic Ocean. Maps of Atlantic. 
Submarine telegraphs. Maps. 
MATHEMATICS (120) 

Per cents, discounts and profits. Avoid rates which are aliquot parts. 

Problems in weights and measures, including the metric. 

Surface of cylinder. 

History of Arabic and Roman notations. 

History of Arabic and Roman notations. Reasoning problems. 

Reducing complex fractions to simple by multiplying both terms. 

Algebraic generalizations: 

Literal representations of edges, surfaces, and volumes of prisms. 

Surface ^ a" or ab. Volume a' or a"b or abc. 

Equations of first degree. X+3 = 5. 

Transposing in equation of one unknovi'n quantity. 

X+5 = 9.'.X= 4. 
PHYSICAL (continued) 
MUSIC (continued) 
DRAWING (continued) 

Standards. In writing, rate 
Freeman Scale, 55 on Ayres 
In Mathematics. 

See page 41 for explanation 
Addition. 



Test 


1. 


56 


sec. 


Test 


2. 


3 


min. 


Multiplica 


tion. 






Test 


I. 


79 


sec. 


Test 


2. 


7 


min. 


Test 


3. 


3 


min. 


Fractions. 








Test 


1. 


9 


min. 



60 letters per minul 


le. 


Quali 


Scale. 








nation of tests. 








Subtraction. 






Test 


I. 


75 


sec. 


Test 


2. 


90 


sec. 


Division. 








Test 


I. 


75 


sec. 


Test 


2. 


150 


sec. 


Test 


3. 


9 


min. 


Decimals. 








Test 


L 


10 


min. 



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Grade VI. Division C. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (110) 

Parts of speech, their uses and forms. 

Phrases, prepositional and infinitive. 

Relative clauses. Defining. Tenses. 

Legends and anecdotes from literature. 

Biographies of authors with quotations. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (2 5) 

Punctuation. 

Letters, bills, receipts, accounts. 

Investigation lessons with illustrated paragraphs. 

Forms of poetical composition. Original verses. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 
SPELLING (50) 

Rules for words in er, y and consonants. 

Pupils should drill on individual spelling difficulties. 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade Vi, Columns R 1 to 9 inclusive. 

READING (125) 

Heroes Every Child Should Knovkf. 

Pioneers of the Revolution. 

Christmas Carol. 

Stories from British History. 

Nurnburg Stove. 

North America. 

Scenes from American History. 

Grandfather's Chair, etc. 

Siegfried. 

!Vlod(?rn Americans. 

Story of the Earth. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (125) 

Geography of United States, physical features, productions, <Jommsrcial 

routes and governments of states. 

The Revolutionary War. 

Biographies and historical stories. 

Maps and picture scrap-books. 

Telegraph, glaciers, icebergs, erosion, canyons, cave*. 

Lessons in Thrift. 
MATHEMATICS (125) 

Per cents, interest by years. Accounts, bills, receipts, checks. 

Weighing and measuring. Time and leap year. History of the calendar. 

Angular measure. Area of circles by triangulation. 

Reducing fractions to decimals by division. Reasoning problems. 

Fundamental operations with decimals and mixed numbers. 

Algebraic representation of surfaces of prisms and cylinders. 
Surface of square prism, edges a, a and b = 2a"+4ab. 
Curved surface cylinder, diameter a and altitude b ^ 3.14 ab. 
Equations, signs, povs^ers, radicals. Transposing. 
PHYSICAL (50) 

Calisthenics, rhythmical movements, wands, dumb-bells or Indian clubs 

Lessons in hygiene and public safety. 
MUSIC (50) 

Two part work with classification of voices. 

Music Reader No. 4 with preparation for three part work by chord*. 

Writing of scales, major and chromatic. 

Songs, mythological and from the great composers. 
DRAWING (50) 

Objects in light and shade and water color without lines. 

Shadows. Posing. 

Relief maps of continents. 

Pen and brush drawings for maps and illustrated composition. 

Geometrical and scale drawing. 
DRILL PERIOD (50) 

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Grade VI. Division B. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (110) 
C continued. 

Analysis of sentences containing phrases. 
Word analysis and etymology. 

WRITTEN LANGUAGE (2 5) 

C continued. 

SPELLING (50) 

Lists of troublesome words. 

Review Jones' "100 Spelling Demons." 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade VI, Columns 10 to 23 inclusive. 

SPELLING (50) 

READING (125) 
British Isles. 
Life in the Greenwood. 
Europe. 
Asia. 

Greyhound Fannie. 
Story of the Greeks. 
Iron Star. 

Odysseus, Hero of Ithica. 
How the World is Clothed. 
Hans Brinker. 

GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (125) 

Geography of Eurasia as to physical features, productions, peoples, 

routes, customs, governments. 

Biographies and historical stories. 

Myths, Norse, Greek, Roman, Oriental. 

Maps and illustrated composition. 

Colonies, deserts. Seasons, zones. 

MATHEMATICS (125) 
Per cents, interest. 
Avoid rates which are aliquot parts. 

Carpeting (by breadths only). Weighing and measuring. 

Problems in decimals and mixed numbers. 

Latitude and longitude in degrees. 

French money, franc and centime. English money, pounds, shillings, 

pence. 

German money, mark. 

Some catch problems to develop quick wit and judgment. 

Algebraic representation of surfaces of prisms, cylinder and square 

pyramid. 

Fquations, three unknown quantities. 

Elimination by addition or subtraction. 

MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE (90) 
PHYSICAL (continued) 
MUSIC (continued) 
DRAWING (continued) 

Studies of Famous Pictures. 

"Dance of the N^'mphs," Corot. 

"Sir Galahad," Watts. 

"Washington Cro.-^sfng the Delaware," Leutz. 

"The Wirdir^'ll," Puyc'ael. 

"Forge of Vulcan," Valasquez. 

"Potato Diggers,'' Knaus. 

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Grade VI. Division A. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (110) 

C and B continued. 

Participial phrases. 

Analysis of complex sentences. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (25) 

C continued. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 

Movement rhythm. See preceding grades. 

Proper correlation between quality and rale. 

Critical analysis of handwriting by pupil, using some diagno.stic scale. 

All papers carefully written, including mathematics. 
SPELLING (50) 

C and B continued. 

Foulke's List No. 6. 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade VI, Columns 24 to S — 4 inclusive. 

Note. Children should often write spelling words in dictated sentences. 
READING (125) 

Robinson Crusoe. 

The Chinese and Their Country. 

Liberty Reader. 

Old Greek Folk Stories. 

Story of the Romans. 

Indian Child Life. 

Dog of Flanders. 

Kipling Reader for Elementary Grades. 

Great Opera Stories. 

All reading lessons prepared with dictionary. Do they use the dic- 
tionary readily and intelligently? Better not to take written notes. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (125) 

Geography of oceans and continents as to commercial routes, products. 

Africa. Myths of the sea and travel. 

Maps and illustrated composition. 

Ship canals. Submarine telegraphs. 
MATHEMATICS (125) 

C and B continued. 

Box constructions. 

Squares, shingling and bricklaying. Wood measures, rectangular solids. 

2150.4 cu. in. = bushel, 231 cu. in. = gallon. Standard time. 

Algebraic representation of surface of cone. 

Cone, diameter, a, slant height, b, curved surface = 3.14aX'/2b = 

^•'4"^= l.57ab. 

2 
Elimination by substitution. 
Making graphs from statistics. 
MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE (90) 
PHYSICAL (continued) 
MUSIC (continued) 
DRAWING (continued) 

Standards. In writing, rate, 70 letters per minute. Quality, 20 
Freeman Scale, 60 on Ayres Scale. 
In Mathematics. 

See page 4 I for explanation 
Addition. 

Test 1 . 51 sec. 
Test 2. 3 min. 

Multiplication. 

Test I . 73 sec. 
Test 2. 6 J/2 min. 

Test 3. 3 min. 

Fractions. 

Test 1 . 8 min. 

34 



ters per minul 


te. ( 


Quality, 


of tests. 








Subtraction. 
Test I. 
Test 2. 


64 
80 


sec. 
sec. 


Division. 
Test 
Test 
Test 


1. 
2. 
3. 


68 sec. 
lYl sec. 
8 min. 


Decimals. 
Test 


1. 


9 


min. 



Pupils cf grade 7 who do not take the 8:30 study period are expected 
to study at home about one hour a day. 

Grade VII. Division C. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (120) 

Defining. 

Analysis of sentences. 

Forms and uses of ■words. 

Infinitive and participial constructions. 

Myths, legends and anecdotes drawn from literature and retold. 

Lists of words for pronunciation drills. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (30) 

Letters, checks, notes, indorsements. 

Illustrated paragraphs. Investigation lessons. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 

SPELLING (50) 

Horn-.Ashbaugh Speller, Grade VII, Columns R 1 to 9 inclusive. 

Pupils should be required to review all written papers carefully. 
READING (125) 

Wagner Opera Stories. 

Bimbi Stories. 

Lanier Book. 

Hiawatha. 

Modern Europeans. 

Raven, Courtship of Miles Standish, Snow Bound. 

Dictionary used daily. Encourage home reading. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (125) 

Motions of the earth, zones, seasons. 

Chicago and Illinois — history and government. 

Indian legends. 

Mapi and illustrated composition. A picture scrap-book. 

It is better not to take written notes as no memorizing is to be toler- 
ated in these lessens. 

Lessons in Thrift. 
MATHEMATICS (125) 

Per cents, discounts. 

Interest by years and months. 

Weighing and measuring. Money English, French, German. 

Carpeting (by breadths.) Wall papering by strips and rolls. Plastering. 

Reasoning problems. 

Algebraic representation of volumes of prism and cylinder. 
Square, cubic and radical quantities. 
Squares of binominals. Square a = a", cube a == a^ V'25 = 5, 

Y'27 = 3. (a + b)-' = ;r + 2ab+b-\ 

Elimination. 
MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE (90) 
PHYSICAL (50) 

Calisthenics, wands, dumb-bells or Indian clubs. 

Lessc>ns in hygiene and public safety. 
MUSIC (60) 

Three part exercises, and songs in Cecilian Music Reader. 

Explanation of minor intervals. 

Writing same and review of scale work. Bass clef. 

History of patriotic songs. 
DRAWING (60) 

Objects in light and shade and water color without outlines, shadows. 

Posing. 

Perspective and mechanical draw^ing. 

Pen and brush illustrating. Designs. Lettering. 

Types of architecture. 
DRILL PERIOD (50) 

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Grade VII. Division B. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (!20) 
C continued. 

Authors: The pupil gives in choice language a sketch of the author s 
life, education and principal works, and recites a typical selection. 

WRITTEN LANGUAGE (30) 
C continued. 

PENMANSHIP (50) 

SPELLING (50) 

Review Jones' "100 Spelling Demons." 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade VU. Columns 10 to 21 inclusive. 

READING (125) 

American Indians. 
Knickerbocker Stories. 
Grandmother's Stories, etc. 
Evangeline. 
Sketch Book. 
Heroes of Progress. 
Modern Europeans. 

GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (125) 
Standard time, latitude, longitude. 
History of United States to ! 789. 
Biographies and literature. 
Maps and illustrated composition. 

A good library of history and geography is provided for each room. 
Pupils prepare lessons on topics by a search among these books. 

MATHEMATICS (125) 

Percentage by 1 per cent outline. 

100 per cent = $ . . . ., prin., investment. 

1 per cent = $ 

? per cent = $ profit, loss, discount, amount. 

Apply to trade discount, profit and loss, commission, brokerage, fire 
insurance. 

Algebraic representation of volumes of prism, Cylinder, cone and pyr- 
amid. 

Square root of trinominals. \' 4a'+ I 2ab+9b' = 2a + 3b 
Factors of polynominals. (x + xy) = X ( 1 +y) . 

Catch problems to develop reasoning and judgment. 
Everyday practical problems. 

MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE (90) 

PHYSICAL (continued) 
MUSIC (continued) 

DRAWING (continued) 

Studies of Famous Pictures. 

"Portrait of the Artist's Mother," Whistler, 

"Haymakers," L'Hermitte. 

"S'.stine Madonna," Raphael. 

"Mona Lisa," Da Vinci. 

"The Last Supper," Da Vinci. 

"lohn Alden and Priscilla," Boughton. 

"Bringing Home the Calf," Millet. 

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Grade VII. Division A. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (120) 

C and B continued. 

French or Spanish optional. 

While rules and definitions found in our text books are for information 

merely and not fit for memorizing, there should be thorough training of 

the memory in connection with selections from the world's besit authors. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (30) 

C continued. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 

Position movement rhythm. See preceding grades. 

Proper correlation between quality and rate. 

Critical analysis of handwriting by pupil, using some diagnostic chart 

such as the Freeman Scale. 

Emphasize penmanship in aJI written work. 
SPELLING (50) 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade Vll, Columns 22 to S 3 inclusive 

Foulke's List No. 7. 
READING (125) 
Beovi^ulf. 

Man Without a Country. 
Snowbound. 
Adventures of Ulysses. 
Vision of Sir Launfal. 
Advanced Literary Reader II. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (125) 

Weather Bureau, trade w^inds, ocean currents. 
History of the United States to present time. 
Biographies and literature. 
Maps and illustrated composition. 

A list of important dates memorized. Drill on location, population and 
facts of important cities and countries. 

The pupil is expected by this time to discuss a topic before the class 
in correct language, and to display a fair amount of information gained 
from text and reference books. 
MATHEMATICS (125) 
Simple interest. 

Find rate first for given time in years and 360lhs of year. 
Taxes, duties. Stocks, bonds. Investments. 
History of government land surveys. 

Algebraic representations of arithmetical processas. 
Elimination. Factors and square roots. ax + ay = a(x+y). 
Making graphs. 
MANUAL TRAltNIP G AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE (90) 
PHYSICAL (continued) 
MUSIC (continued) 
DRAWING (continued) 

Standards. In writing, rate, 7 5 letters per minute. Quality. 20 on 
Freeman Scale, 60 on .Ayres Scale. 
In Mathematics. 

explanation of tests. 

Subtraction. 

Test I,. 5 7 sec. 
Test 2. 70 sec. 
Division. 

Test I . 6 1 sec. 
Test 2. 2 min. 

Test 3. 7'/2 min 

Decimals. 

Test I . 7 min. 



See page 4 1 for 


Addition. 




Test 1. 


48 sec. 


Test 2. 


3 min. 


Multiplication. 




Test 1. 


69 sec. 


Test 2. 


6 min. 


Test 3. 


2 }/2 min 


Fractions. 




Test 1. 


7 mm. 



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Pupils who do not take the 8:30 study period are expected to study at 
home about one hour and a half a day. 

Grade VIII. Division C. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (120) 

Legends. Debating. Parliamentary procedure. 

Words as to etymology, etc. 

Defining. 

Forms of words and syntax. 

Infinitive and participial constructions. 

Idiomatic constructions. 

Analysis of sentences. 

Lists of words for pronunciation drills. 

French or Spanish optional. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (30) 

Punctuation. 

Business forms. 

Investigation of objects for material for composition. 

Illustrated paragraphs. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 
SPELLING (50) 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade Vlll, Columns R 1 to 11 inclusive. 

READING (150) 

Van Dyke Book. 

Sella, Thanatopsis, etc. 

l.ady of the Lake. 

Julius Caesar. 

Standard Classic Reader IV. 

Enoch Arden. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (150) 

History of England and United States to 1 789. 

Biographies and literature of periods studied. 

Geography of England and colonies. 

A picture scrap-book. 

Special lessons in civics. 

Lessons in Thrift. 
MATHEMATICS (150) 

Percentage (I percent method). 

Bank discount. Exchange (history of). Discounting time notes. 

Ratio and proportion. Longitude and time. 

Reasoning problems. 

Algebra, history of. 

Applied to hypothenuse, hexagon, triangular and hexagonal prisms. 
Elimination by addition and by substitution. 
MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE (90) 
PHYSICAL (50) 

Calisthenics, wands, dumb-bells or Indian clubs. Lessons in hygiene 

and public safety. 
MUSIC (60) 

Cecilian Music Reader with supplementary work. 

Thorough reviews of major, minor and chromatic scales. ' 

Phrasing. 

National hymns and songs. Biographies of composers. 

In all the grades constant effort is made through vocal exercise to gain 

proper use of the throat and voice and to correlate music with the 

other studies. 
DRAWING (60) 

Objects in light and shade and water color. Color harmonies. 

Perspective and mechanical drawing. 

f'en and brush illustrating and designing. 

Lettering. Cartoons and posters. 

Historic ornament. 

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Grade VIII. Division B. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (120) 
C continued. 
Authors. 

WRITTEN LANGUAGE (30) 

C continued. 

PENMANSHIP (50) 
SPELLING (50) 

Review Joiie8 " I C*0 Spelling Demons." 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade VIM, Columns 12 to 24 inclusive. 

READING (150) 

Merchant of Venice. 

Stories of Olden Times. 

Silas Marner. 

Alhambra. 

Orations, etc. 

Encourage home reading. Reading brought in or reported, 

GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (150) 

England and United States to present time. 
Administrations, war, slavery. 
Development. 

Biographies and literature of periods. 
Geography of United States, 1861. 
Territorial possessions of United States. 
Current history. 
Civics, see State Law. 

MATHEMATICS (150) 

Percentage continued. 

Partial payments (United State rule). 

Algebraic representation of surfaces and volumes of geometrical figures. 

Square roots, algebraic and arithmetical. 

History of geometry. 

Practical problems of home life. Taxes, school, streets, library, water. 

etc. 

Catch problems for reasoning and judgment. 

MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE (90) 

PHYSICAL (continued) 

MUSIC (continued) 

DRAWING (continued) 

Studies of Famous Pictures. 
"The Mill," Rembrant. 

"The Frieze of the Prophets," John Singer Sargent. 
"Approach to Venice," Turner. 
"Autumn Oaks," Innis. 
"Georgia Pines," Innis. 
"Golden Stairs," Burne Jones. 
"The Water Mill."' Hobbema. 
Parthenon. 
Acropolis of Athens. 

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Grade VIII. Division A. 

ORAL LANGUAGE (120) 

C and B continued. 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE (30) 

C continued. 
PENMANSHIP (50) 

Position movement rhythm. See preceding grades. 

Proper correlation between quality and rate. 

Critical analysis of handwriting by pupil, using some diagnostic chart. 
SPELLING (50) 

Horn-Ashbaugh Speller, Grade VIII, Columns 25 to S 12 inclusive. 

Foulke's List No. 8. 

Reviews. 

About five rules for spelling worked out. 
READING (150) 

Macbeth. 

Perfect Tribute. 

Ulysses Among the Phaeacians. 

Modern American Speeches. 

Short Stories. 

Americanization of Edward Bok. 
GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY TOPICS (150) 

Government of England and United States. 

Documents, Magna Charta, etc. 

Ordinance of I 787. Articles of Confederation. 

Constitution, Amendments. 

International laws and relations. 

Balance of Power. 

Fisheries questions. 

Panama Canal. 

Monroe Doctrine. 

The World War. 

Civics, see State Law. 

Current History. 

Cable Lines and Radio Stations. 
MATHEMATICS (150) 

Percentage continued. 

Weights and measures, including metric, revie^ved. 

Gas and electric rates. 

Drills on weights, measures and number facts. 

Much quick mental work. 

Short methods and devices. Reasoning problems. 

Algebraic representation of arithmetical processes. 

Graphs, Charts and Formulae. 
MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE (90) 
PHYSICAL (continued) 
MUSIC (continued) 
DRAWING (continued) 

Standards. In writing, rate, 80 letters per minute. Quality, 21 on Free- 
man Scale. 65 on Ayres Scale. 

In Mathematics. 

See page 4 1 for explanation 

Addition. 



Test 1. 
Test 2. 


47 sec. 
3 min. 


Multiplication. 
Test I. 
Test 2. 
Test 3. 


68 sec. 
5 min. 
2Yl min. 


Fractions. 
Test ' 


6 min 



of tests. 








Subtraction. 






Test 


1. 


50 


sec. 


Test 


2. 


60 


sec. 


Division. 








Test 


1. 


56 


sec. 


Test 


2. 


2 


min. 


Test 


3. 


7 


min. 


Decimals. 








Te«t 


1. 


6 


mio. 



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Explanation of Arithmetic Standard Tests 

Addition. 

Test I. The 45 combinations. (Every possible wny of uniting two one- 
digit nuinbers). 
Test 2. Column addition of five numbers cf ihrec digits each. (In grades 
three and four, llis is reduced to four three-digit number.s). 
6 problems. 
Subtraction. 

Tcct I. 4 5 problerns. Use each sum cf 4 5 combiniitions n.s a minuend 

and cne cf the addends as subtrahend. 
Test 2. Five examples of a four-digit number nunus a three-digit num- 
ber. One example of a five-digit number minus a four-digit 
number. 
Multiplication. 

Test 1 . The multiplication tables up to and including 9 limes 9. 

Test 2. Simple multiplication. Four digits in multiplicand and one digit 

in multiplier. 9 problems. 
Test 3. Compound multiplication. Multiplier and multiplicand having 
four or less digits each. 5 problems. 
Division. 

Test 1. Use each of the 45 products (results in Multiplication Test 1) 
as a dividend and one of the tv*ro factors (multiplier and multi- 
plicand in Multiplication Test 1 ) as a divisor. 
Test 2. Short division. Dividend three or four digits. Divisor one digit. 

1 problems. 
Test 3. Long division Divisor two digits. Dividend fqur or five digits. 
6 problems. 
Fractions. 

Test 1. Add, subtract, multiply or divide fractions or mixed numbers. 
1 2 problems. 
Decimals. 

Test 1 . Add, subtract, multiply or divide decimals. I 2 problems. 

Arithmetic Goals 

Pupil who reaches these standards as up to grade. 
Grade 

3 4 5 6 7 8 

Addition. 

Test I. 82 sec. 66 sec. 56 sec. 51 sec. 48 sec. 47 sec. 

Test 2. 6 min. 4 min. 3 min. 3 min. 3 min. 3 min. 

Subtraction. 

Test 1. 113 sec. 87 sec. 75 sec. 64 sec. 57 sec. 50 sec. 

Test 2. 3 min. 135 sec. 90 sec. 80 sec. 70 sec. 60 sec. 

Multiplication. 

Test I. 142 sec. 96 sec. 79 sec. 73 sec. 69 sec. 68 sec. 

Test 2. 9 min. 8 min. 7 min. bh min. 6 min. 5 min. 

Test 3, 4 min. 3 min. 3 min. 2.: min. 2j min. 

Division. 

Test 1. 129 sec. 87 sec, 75 sec. 68 sec. 61 sec. 56 sec. 

Test 2. 3 min. 3 min. 21 min. 2h min. 2 min. 2 min. 

Test 3. 12 min. 9 min. 8 min, 7!!: min. 7 min. 

Fractions. 

Xest 1. 9 min, 8 min, 7 min, 6 min. 

Decimals. 

fcsl 1 I '^ min. 9 min. 7 min. 6 min. 

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Selections for Music Appreciation (Pupils should be taught 
to recognize and understand). 

Grade IV. 

Minuet, Boccherini. 

The Swan, Saint-Saens. 

Salut d'Armour, Elgar. 

Rondine, Beethoven. 

Narcissus, Nevin. 

Largo, Handel. 

Melody in F, Rubinstein. 

Marche Militaire, Schubert. 

Polish Dance, Scharwenka. 

Soldier's Chorus from "Faust," Gounod. 

Spring Song, Mendelssohn. 

Amaryllis, Ghys. 

Dagger Danse from "Natoma," Herbert. 

Humoresque, Dvorak. 

All Through the Night, Old Welsh. 

Cradle Song, Brahms. 

Santa Lucia, Neapolitan Folk Song. 

Stars and Stripes Forever, Scusa. 

Anvil Chorus from "II Trovatore," Verdi. 

The Bee, Schubert. 

Grade V. 

Serenade, Moskowski. 

To a Wild Rose, MacDowell. 

Traumerei, Schumann. 

Funeral March of a Marionet, Gounod. 

La Czarine, Ganne. 

Nocturne from "Midsummer Night's Dream," Mendelssohn. 

Meditation from "Thais," Massenet. 

Consolation from "Songs Without Words," Mendelssohn. 

From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water, Cadman. 

Hungarian Dance No. 5, Brahms. 

Hungarian Dance No. 6, Brahms. 

Minuet in G, Beethoven. 

Polonaise Militaire, Chopin. 

Rakoczy March, Berlioz. 

Moment Musical, Schubert. 

Nutcracker Suite, Tschaikcwsky. 

Anitra's Dance from "Peer Gynt Suite," Grieg. 

Barcarolle from "Tales of Hofmann," Offenbach. 

Blue Danube Waltzes, Strauss. 

Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin," Wagner. 

Grade VI. 

O Sole Mio, Italian Folk Song. 

Overture Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn. 

Pilgrim's Chorus from "Tannhauser," Wagner. 

Pomp and Circumstance March, Elgar. 

Serenade, Pierne. 

Souvenir, Drdla. 

Andante from "Surprise Symphony," Haydn. 

Hark, Hark the Lark, Schubert. 

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Liszt. 

Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana," Mascagr.i. 

Last Rose of Summer, Irish Song. 1 

Liebestraum, Liszt. 

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The Lost Chord, Sullivan. i 

Mighty Lak' a Rose, Nevin. 

Angel's Serenade, Braga. 

Ave Maria, Bach-Gounod. 

Cavatina, Raff. 

Danse Macabre, Saint-Saens. 

Flower Song from "Faust," Gounod. 

Gavotte from "Mignon," Thomas. 

Grade VII. 

Ride of the Walkyries, Wagner. 

Serenade, Schubert. 

Sextet from "Lucia," Donizetti. 

Toreador Song from "Carmen," Bizet. 

Triumphal March from "Aida," Verdi. 

Invitation to the Waltz, Weber. 

The Rosary, Nevin. 

Good-Bye, Tosti. 

Home to Our Mountains from "11 Trovatore," Verdi. 

The Lass with the Delicate Air, Arne. 

Martha Overture, Flotow. 

Minuet Waltz, Chopin. 

Poet and Peasant Overture, Von Suppe. 

Prelude in C Minor, Rachmaninoff. 

Air for G String, Bach. 

Celeste Aida from "Aida," Verdi. 

Death cf Ase from "Peer Gynt Suite," Grieg. 

Elegie, Massenet. 

Evening Star from "Tannhauser," Wagner. 

Funeral March, Chopin. 

Grade VIII. 

Wedding March, Mendelssohn. 

Overture to "William Tell," Rossini. 

Overture Merry Wives of Windsor, Nicolai. 

Valse Triste, Sibelius. 

Miserere from "I! Trovatore," Verdi. 

Kcl N'dre, Hebrew Traditional. 

Lc, Here the Gentle Lark, Bishop. 

My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice, Saint-Saens. 

Largo, New World Symphony, Dvorak. 

Nocturne in E flat, Chopin. 

Prize Song from "Meistersinger," Wagner. 

Prologue from "Pagliacci," Leoncavello. 

Quartet from "Rigcletto," Verdi. 

Hnfinished Symphony (2 Movements), Schubert. 

Berceuse from "Jocelyn," Godard. 

Erlking, Schubert. 

Hallelujah Chorus from "The Messiah," Handel. 

Marche Slave, Tschaikowsky. 

Morning Peer Gynt Suite, Grieg. 

Moonlight Sonata — First Movement, Beethoven. 



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GENERAL RULES FOR THE SCHOOLS 

I. Pupils 

1. Pupils not residing in School District 76 are required to pay a 
tuition fee of $3.50 a month, three months' tuition being payable in advance. 

2. Pupils are required to obey the directions of the Superintendent, 
teacher or janitor. 

3. Absence or tardiness must be acknowledged in writing by the par- 
ent when the pupil returns to school. 

4. Gifts and offerings from pupils to employes of the Board are pro- 
hibited. 

5. Any pupil coming to school without attention having been given 
to the cleanliness of his or her person or dress, may be sent home to be 
properly prepared for the school room. 

II. Janitors 

1. Janitors are under the immediate direction of the Superintendent 
and Committee on Buildings and Grounds. 

2. They are responsible for the cleanliness of grounds, walks, build- 
ings, rooms and appliances, and for the care of grass, flowers, shrubs and treea; 
and shall assist in maintaining order in and about the school preniises. They 
shall maintain a temperature in all rooms of 62 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit dur- 
ing school hours. 

3. They are required to be at their respective buildings on school 
days continuously from 8:00 a. m. until 4 p. m., excepting from 10:45 to 
11:55 their dinner hour. 

4. Basements, and rooms and closets therein, shall be kept free from 
inflammable material. 

III. General Rules 

1 . The school year shall consist of forty weeks, from the second Mon- 
day of September, including the holidays, Thanksgiving and Friday following, 
Christmas, New Year's Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memor- 
ial Day, and such other holidays and vacations as shall be allowed by the 
Board. 

2. The school shall be continued five days in each week. Morning 
sessions begin at 9 a. m., (8:30 for older pupils) and end at 12 m. After- 
noon sessions begin at 1:30 p. m. and end at 3:30 p. m, Fir«t grade classes 
may be dismissed earlier. Kindergarten pupils shall attend but one sensjon. 

3. Fifteen minutes before the first bell each session of the «chool, 
janitors shall open the doors of their buildings, and admit pupils; provided, 
that on cold or stormy mornings, no pupil shall be excluded after 8:30 a. m. 
At 8:2 5 a. m. the doors shall be opened five minutes to admit the older pupils 
who may go to their rooms for the study period. 

4. Complaint by parents or others shall be presented to the Superin- 
tendent. In case the complaint cannot be so satisfactorily settled, appeal may 
be made to the Board, provid^ed, however, the same shall be in writing. 

5. Neither advertising nor soliciting, directly or indirectly, shall be 
permitted in or about school premises. 

6. Neither corporal nor other unusual punishment, including detention 
of pupils after school hours, is permitted. 

7. Fire drills shall be given at least twice a month, weather per- 
mitting. 

8. A copy of the Course of Study and Rules shall be sent to parents 
once each year. 

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IV. Teachers 

1 . Teachers are under the immediate direction of the Superintendent. 

2. School rooms shall be open and the teachers there present twenty 
minutes before the opening of each session. Teachers of upper grades are 
expected to be in their rooms by 8:25 a. m. 

3. Teachers shall send a sealed report monthly to the parent of each 
pupil showing the standing of the pupil in attendance, scholarship and deport- 
ment, which report should be signed by the parent and returned to the teacher. 

4. Irregular dismissals of rooms shall be made only upon the per- 
mission of the Superintendent. 

V. Superintendent 

1. The Superintendent shall act under the advice and direction of the 
Board and its Committees, and shall have the general superintendence of the 
schools. 

2. It is his duty to see that the rules and instructions of the Board, 
or its Committees, are carried out. 



VI. To Parents 



2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 

disease. 

9. 
tions will b 



Parents can co-operate by: 

I. Visiting the schools frequently. 

Entering the school rooms without knocking. 

Conversing with teachers only before or after the session. 

Telephoning teachers only before or after the session. 

Telephoning a child only in case of great necessity. 

Giving a message rather than calling anyone from a school room. 

Allowing nothing to interfere with a child's regular attendance. 

Keeping child home who shows any symptoms of a contagious 



In families where contagious diseases exist, the following instruc- 
e adhered to: 



NAME OF DISEASE 

"Pupil afflicted should nol attend 
school") 


Should members of 

family who do not 

have the 

disease be 

excluded? 


Should members of 

the family who 

have had the 

disease be 

excluded? 


Should children 
exposed to 

these 
diseases be 
excluded? 


Measles 


Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 

No 


Yes 
Yes 
No 

No 
No 

Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
No 


Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 

No 


German Measles 


Mumps 


Whooping Cough 

Scarletina 


Diphtheria 


Smallpox 


Pulm. Tuberculosis. . . . 



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EXTRACT FROM SCHOOL LAWS OF 
ILLINOIS 

Every person having control of any child betw^een the ages of seven 
and sixteen years, shall annually cause such child to attend some public or 
private school for the entire time during which the school attended is in ses- 
sion, which shall not be less than six months of actual teaching: provided, 
however, that this Act shall not apply in case the child has been or is being 
instructed for a like period in each and every year in the elementary branches 
of education, by a person or persons competent to give such instruction, or 
in case the child's physical or mental condition renders his or her attendance 
impracticable or inexpedient, or in case the child is excused for temporary 
absence for cause by the principal or teacher of the school w^hich said child 
attends, or in case the child is between the age of fourteen and sixteen 
years and is necessarily and lawfully employed during the hours when the 
public school is in session. For every neglect of the duty prescribed by 
this section, the person so offending shall forfeit to the use of the public 
schools of the city, town or district in which such child resides, a sum not less 
than five dollars, nor more than tw^enty dollars and costs of suit, and shall 
stand comrnitled until such fine and costs of suit are paid. 



THE TEACHER S INFLUENCE 

what you, today, have taught these girls and boys, 
They will forget. Too soon the mind employs 
Itself with needless cares and counts as naught 
The lessons which in early youth were taught. 
But what you ARE within your heart today 
Is marked indelibly upon the clay 
Of their young lives, to help or harm the plan 
which God designed to make a perfect man, 
And trusted then to you. His artisan. 



MUMM PRINT SHOP 
Evanston 



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